The use of TaqMan RT-PCR assays for semiquantitative analysis of gene expression in CNS tissues and disease models

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 9-20

  Medhurst, Andrew D ^a   Harrison, David C ^a   Read, Simon J ^a   Campbell, Colin A ^a   Robbins, Melanie J ^a   Pangalos, Menelas N ^a  

^a GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cortical spreading depression; Human tissues; mRNA expression; Permanent middle cerebral artery occlusion; TaqMan RT PCR

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CORPUS STRIATUM; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPREADING CORTICAL DEPRESSION;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION; GLYCERALDEHYDE-3-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASES; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PEPTIDYLPROLYL ISOMERASE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D2; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPREADING CORTICAL DEPRESSION; TAQ POLYMERASE;

EID: 0034657845     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(00)00178-3     Document Type: Article

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